Re: The code to submit spammers to the database (admincp/user.php hack):

Appears to work fine on 3.4.8-PL2; though I have to be honest and say I don't really like hacks and will be happy when 0.7 arrives so I can remove it. But thanks anyway, this is a great help. :)

Just a thought about the 'release' version of this hack: Would it be possible to have an option so this only displays for users of selected groups? That would lessen the likelihood of accidentally submitting a valid user to SFS. :)

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Just found the 3.8 version of this thread so the fact that this hack works in 3.4.8 will be old news to some. Ho-hum. :rolleyes:

hello everyone

if i want to redirect the user who is a spammer into another location on my board after the message " Unregistered - Spammer and rejected by policy "
where can i take a look (of code)????
have any ideas or suggestion will be appreciated

Regard,

I have a very serious problem with this Mod..... all of my Moderators are bored to death as there are no more spammers on our forums. vbStopForumSpam Log Viewer (page 1/156) | There are 2,328 total log entries. and that is like 15-20 days worth I think. I changed the verbage of the message to include a link directly to me and NOT ONE EMAIL STATING A MISTAKE. I also have moderate by country IP address and have all countries that are pertanent to my forums list all others banned and I have 1 person that got caught by that Mod. This is the best thing since sliced bread as we used to get 100-200 a day that would try to rregister from where ever and be from Brazil....as my forums are Snowmobile based that was wrong but they figured out about the ip from what country and started using proxies this stopped them dead in their tracks... Thanks again

Yeah, you're right Eric, I'm having a nearly identical problem. Since I installed this mod on one of my sites on January 25, that site has successfully blocked 4,242 spambot registration attempts and I've not had one complaint of an incorrect blocking. That's approximately 104.46341463414634146341463414634 blocked bots per day. Of course, I can't be certain yet, It could just be beginner's luck or some wierd statistical fluke. Like you, I feel as though I should complain. This mod works too well and as a result, my staff has too much time on their hands these days. Because of that, I have to go everyday and create a few spam posts just to keep my staff busy. ;) :D

:)

you scared the crap out off me

Hi. Please can I ask a question? I have VB version 4.0.2

I've followed the instructions enclosed in the Zip file, and got to the part in AdminCP where we upload the XML file (product-vbstopforumspam.xml). So I did that bit fine I thought as it's whirring away with little yellow dots on the screen at the top.

Yet,it never stops, it says: ''Importing Product Please Wait''.
(This is in the section, Plugins and Product System in AdminCP)

I waited for 1hr for it to complete, am I doing something wrong please? My internet works fine.
There's a little graphic of an expanding thing and it grows and grows like jack and the bean stalk but never ends. :(

Cancelled it and went back to try it again now it says: ''Product 'vbStopForumSpam' is already installed and you did not specify that this product may be overwritten/upgraded.''.

How can it be installed when it never finishes installing?!

I'm sorry if I confused anyone, but I was worried I messed it up as it never stopped installing according to the graphic.

I'm assuming this was your very first install of the product. Is that correct, silly? Or had you possibly installed the plugin in an earlier release of 4.0?

AFAIK, it's not really certified yet to install and run under vb4.0.2. I'd guess that means your installation hung because it couldn't find the required plug-in code points it needed to install successfully. So, I'd guess you probably did no damage. But to be sure you should probably go back and uninstalling the plugin and see what happens. Then roll your code and database back to wherever it was before you started the install.

If you're uncertain about exactly how to do that, wait a day or two for pedigree to show up here and maybe he can give you better advice than I'm able to.

Good luck!

The 4.x version is here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230921

5,282 bot registrations blocked in 52 days and we're still counting. But that means our success rate is dropping. Our average is down to roughly 101.57692307692307692307692307692 bots blocked per day. So far, not a single false positive has been reported! But it's sure as hell boring around here these days... :)

After upgrading my vB 3.x sites to vB 3.8.5 it meant, of course, that I lost the manual edits to submit the user to StopForumSpam.com from directly in the ACP.

So... I came up with a very quick & very dirty plugin to add an option in the postbit. That way if a spammer does make it through and posts something, I can view the post, click on their name in the postbit, hit the 'Submit' button from the drop-down list (which then takes my browser window to the StopForumSpam.com site and shows me the result of submitting the info), hit the browser 'Back' button, and then continue BAU on cleaning up the spam.

Only Super Mods & above should be able to see the 'Submit' button but, for your own sanity, test it out on your site. ;)

Attached is the plugin XML and a screen shot of how it'll look. Notice this is a plugin and not a product! That means you import via ACP => Plugins & Products => Download/Upload Plugins and *not* through the Manage Products screen.

Yes, it's quick & dirty but it serves my purposes.